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Old 23rd Oct 2016, 04:17
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mickjoebill
 
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Vertical descent

Looking at how intact this ac is, relatively, I'm surprised no one at all survived.

In this crash in 2010 of an ec 130 it spun from a 220ft hover to the beach below in 6 seconds.
No fire, latest Eurocopter seats, the rear cabin intact, the front windscreen taken out by the rotors, all but one still strapped in.
Yet 4 of 5 occupants were killed on impact. Vertical impact of between 14G-20G.
http://translate.google.com/translat...-ph-ecj-nl.pdf

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=75301


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